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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/UKR/77 
1 June 2012  
 (12-2886) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
01008, Kyiv, 12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str., Tel./Fax:  +38044 596 68 39 Email:  ep@me.gov.ua  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Source of genetically 
modified organisms which are contained in the fe eds, feed additives, veterinary drugs or used 
for their production 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Order "On 
approval the procedure of the state veterinary-s anitary expertise GMO sources", (6 pages, in 
Ukrainian)     
6. Description of content:  Draft sets the mechanism of veterinary-sanitary expertise of 
genetically modified or ganisms as sources of feed, feed  additives and veterinary drugs 
containing such organisms or derived from their use.  
Veterinary-sanitary expertise of GMO sources ai med at assessing the quality and safety of 
sources and include analytical research, evaluation of safety and equivalence, and (if 
necessary) clinical studies. 
The abovementioned document also defines the list of necessary documents for conduction of 
veterinary-sanitary expertise GMO sources. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
purposes of the Draft are:  
- implementation the Law of Ukraine "On th e State Biosafety System for creating, 
 testing, transportation and use of  genetically modified organisms"; G/TBT/N/UKR/77 
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  - compliance with Ukraine's in ternational obligations unde r the Cartagena Protocol on 
 Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity; 
- regulation and transparent pr ocedure of state registrati on of genetically modified 
 organisms as sources of feed, feed a dditives and veterinary drugs containing 
 genetically modified organism s or derived from their use; 
- establishment of measures for compliance with biological and genetic safety in the 
 creation, study and practical use of GMOs in commercial purposes. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law of Ukraine "On the State Bios afety System for cr eating, testing, 
transportation and use of geneti cally modified organisms" No. 1103-16, the latest edition of 
9 February 2010 (Ukrainian). Resolution of the Cabinet of  Ministers of Ukraine of 
12 October 2010 No.  919 - The issues of impl ementation of Article 7 Law of Ukraine "On 
the state Biosafety System for creating, testing, transportation and use of genetically modified organisms" (Ukrainian).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
From the date of official publication 
10. Final date for comments:  19 June 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 
01008, Kyiv, 12/2 M. Hrushevskoho str., 
Tel./Fax: +38044 596 68 39 Email:  ep@me.gov.ua  
Internet address where the text is available: 
http://vet.gov.ua/law/draft/?draft=210  (in Ukrainian)